Sweeper.



J. H. WOODBURY.

-SWEBPER.

APPLIoATIoN FILED 1111044.11109.

984,336. Patented 1161.111911.

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JOAN H. WOODBURY, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

SWEEPER.

Application led December 24, 1909.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, JOAN H. lTooDnUnr, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sweepers, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to manually operated sweepers for cleaning floorsor streets, and has for its object to provide an improved sweeper, inwhich the dust. can be readily carried into the dust receptacle and theapparatus manipulated in an effective manner.

Figure I is a view in side elevation of the improved sweeper. Fig. II isa front view thereof. Fig. Ill is a sectional view taken on the lineX-X, Fig. II. Fig. TV is a detail sectional view of the rear end of thebrush casing showing a roller therefor. Fig. V is a front View of thedust receptacle shown separated from the sweeper.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 designates theelongated handle rod of the improved sweeper which has its outer or freeend provided with the usual hand grip 2 and its lower end provided withthe forked frame 3 the arms of which are hinged in the usual manner withthe casing plates 4t of the supporting roller Said casing plates havethe usual gearing that is common in carpet sweepers, lawn mowers, andthe like. The brush casing G has its sides connected to said casingplates 4L said casing having an open bottom portion and a contractedrearwardly extending neck 7, the bottom portion of which is concaved asindicated at 8. An axle 9 extends transversely across the interior ofsaid brush easing G, and has the usual rotary brush 10 mounted thereon.The open bottom of said brush casing 6 has its rear edge provided with aguard lip 1l that g'uides the dust to the neck 7 of the brush casing. Atits forward edge the said open bottom has a hinged connection 12 with ascraper blade 18 that projects forwardly of said edge, said blade havinga hinge ear 111 adjacent each end.

The handle rod 1 is equipped with spaced apart guiding eyes 15-16 inwhich an operating rod 17 is slidably mounted, the outer end of said rodprojecting beyond the eye 16 and equipped with an adjusting nut 18. Aspring 19 is coiled about the outer end of Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Feb. 14, 1911.

Serial No. 534,815.

said rod 17, said spring being interposed between the adjusting nut- 18and the eye 16 so that by adjusting nut 1S longitudinally of rod 17 thetension of said spring may be regulated. The lower end portion of saidrod 17 terminates in a forked extension 2O the arms of which passthrough a guide eye 21 of each casing plate 4 and are pivotallyconnected to the hinge cars 14 of the scraper blade 13.

Each casing plate 4L has an arm 22 connected therewith7 said armsprojecting rearwardly and their face ends serve as bearings Y for ashaft 23 of an elongated roller 2d that extends beneath the concavedportion 8 of the neck 7 of brush easing G.

A supporting arm 25 projects rearwardly from each casing plate 4t, saidarms being preferably arranged in a horizontal plane and being alsosuitably fastened to the outer surfaces of brush casing G, their freeends project-ing well beyond thc outer end of neck 7.

A dust receptacle 2G has supporting rollers 27 at the rear end of itsbottom, said rcceptacle having an open forward end 2S adapted to receivethe outlet end of neck 7 of brush casing The outer surfaces of the sidesof said dust receptacle are provided with hooks 29 adapted to engageover the upper edge of arms 25 to hold the dust receptacle in firm butseparable engagement with the neck 7 of brush casing 6. Said dustreceptacle is provided with an upper hand grip 30 and a similar handgrip 31 at its rear to facilitate the handling of the same.

Rollers 5 are preferably equipped with resilient tires 32 to make thesame noiseless.

It will be seen from the foregoing that the improved sweeper may bemanually op` erated and that through the described rod connection 17with the scraper blade 1B said blade may be depressed so that itscutting edge will contact with the surfaces being cleaned to loosencaked material thereon and that when the pressure is released from saidrod 17 spring 19 will raise rod 17 longitudinally of handle rod 1 sothat the scraper blade will be raised from contact with the surfacesbeing cleaned. It will also be seen that the described connectionbetween the dust receptacle 26 and brush casing 6 assures of saidreceptacle being normally retained in position so that it will receiveall of the material discharged through the neck of said casing, but thatthe said receptacle may loe readily removed when desired so `hat itscontents may he emptied.

Vhat l claim as my invention is A sweeper comprising a easing,- mountedon rollers and having a transverse opening in its bottom, a contractedrearwardly eX- tending discharge neck7 and rearwardly extending bars, aroller mounted on the end of each of said bars, a guard lip mounted onthe rear edge of said transverse opening belo7 the mouth of saidcontracted neck, an elongated handle hinged to said casing, a rotarybrush mounted in said casing and projecting through said transverseopening,

horizontal bars7 cach mounted on one side of said casing' andprojectingl rearwardly therefrom, and a detachable dust receptaclehaving an open liront end into which the discharge neck projects and isseated, said dust receptacle being` detachahly mounted on saidrearwardly extending hars, and provided with rollers.

In testimony whereof l affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOAN H. VVOODBURY..

litnesses F. P. SoHnonDnR, H. C. Sonnonnnn.

